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Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 10:19 am
by Junkman
Just make a set of new leads and be done with it.

Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 12:39 pm
by PhilA
Give me the money to and I shall. I'm up on budget this week.

Phil

Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 1:38 pm
by Junkman
A few feet of cable and two handfuls of connectors can't be that dear?

Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 1:44 pm
by PhilA
It's 9 of everything, which with the cheaper sets you fall foul of "buy cheap buy repeatedly", the halfway decent ones come in at about $45 which is more than I can really chuck at the car right now.

Phil

Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 9:19 pm
by PhilA
The moral of the story is children aren't cheap

Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 9:37 pm
by CLINT
Well don't buy any more til you have to finished the car then

Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:34 pm
by PhilA
CLINT wrote: Thu Oct 17, 2019 9:37 pm Well don't buy any more til you have to finished the car then
So noted. These ones are only mine by proxy anyway.


Phil

Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2019 11:35 pm
by PhilA


Distributor cap needs replacement. Runs much better now.

Phil

Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2019 7:27 pm
by PhilA
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Getting a bit of a shine on. Got too hot to continue, the polish was just flashing off in the heat.

Phil

Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2019 1:03 am
by PhilA
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That there made the sunburn and hard work worth it.